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Oddball wood lathe, water-powered

Just a lathe for turning bobbins, in an old textile mill. The headstock and tailstock are typical of early wood turning lath…

How a Wood Lathe Works

Wood Lathe Structure A wood lathe is a device for creating dowels, chair or table legs, and other perfectly round pieces of …

How Do You Match That Color?

A rainbow gives us pure examples of the basic colors of the visible world. The rainbow's colors are, in order, red-viole…

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Turning tools are generally made from three different types of steel, Carbon steel, High speed steel (HSS), and more recentl…

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Our house is like a cabin in the woods. We are in a commercial district on the edge of town and ten minutes from the malls, …

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